American Airlines Gets Paint Job

American Airlines parent AMR Corp. unveiled a new brand and paint job on Thursday, a sign that the company is preparing to soar again after nearly completing its bankruptcy-court reorganization.

Tom Horton, AMR's chief executive officer, said in an interview that the new look has been in the works for two years, since around the time the company placed a massive order for 550 new planes. Because the new aircraft are made partly of lightweight composite materials that need to be painted, he said, "we knew we had to...